The film presents us Khadia and other young girls including her daughter who was excised in Senegal in her absence. What is the role of those practices...? The film presents us Khadia and other mutilated young girls and women: her daughter who was excised in Senegal in her absence, a young woman from the Ivory Coast who explains the role of those practices in the submission of women, a young traumatized girl who can not chase away the image of the "lady" who wounded her. Exchanges between African and Belgian women - doctor, psychologist, social assistant- linked to the GAMS, enable us to understand the concrete meaning of these mutilations, their tragic consequences, and the answers one can try and bring. These African women and a man who lost his 17 years old daughter and who thinks she was victim of excision, tell their revolt and determination, but also help us understand why, in their native country, it is still so difficult to fight against those practices. Khadia's daughter says: "I have a little boy now, but the day I have a girl I swear no one will touch her".
The film presents us Khadia and other young girls including her daughter who was excised in Senegal in her absence. What is the role of those practices...?
The film presents us Khadia and other mutilated young girls and women: her daughter who was excised in Senegal in her absence, a young woman from the Ivory Coast who explains the role of those practices in the submission of women, a young traumatized girl who can not chase away the image of the "lady" who wounded her. Exchanges between African and Belgian women - doctor, psychologist, social assistant- linked to the GAMS, enable us to understand the concrete meaning of these mutilations, their tragic consequences, and the answers one can try and bring. These African women and a man who lost his 17 years old daughter and who thinks she was victim of excision, tell their revolt and determination, but also help us understand why, in their native country, it is still so difficult to fight against those practices. Khadia's daughter says: "I have a little boy now, but the day I have a girl I swear no one will touch her".